3D Game Animator

1 Year ago • All levels • 3D Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

Volunteer 3D Game Animator for The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order. Must have strong understanding of human anatomy and movement, expertise in animating 3D characters, experience with traditional animation principles, and online communication skills.
Must have:
  • Human Anatomy
  • 3D Animation
  • Traditional Principles
  • Online Communication
Good to have:
  • Unreal Engine
  • Motionbuilder
  • Game Development
  • Teaching Skills
Perks:
  • Portfolio Building
  • Team Collaboration

Job Details

Company Description

Epoch Games is a volunteer-based, all-online, global game development team. We have no centrally-located headquarters and are unincorporated at this time. Most of the original founding members were modders developing the total conversion Middle Earth Roleplaying Project (MERP) mod for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/merp-middle-earth-roleplaying-project

Currently Epoch Games is developing The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order (LoA:SO). LoA:SO is an in-development indie open-world RPG set in an original fantasy world. The game is being developed using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 (UE4):
https://www.unrealengine.com/

For more information about the game, please check out our IndieDb page:
http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-lays-of-althas-sundered-order

NOTE: The address listed is N/A. We are a fully-online team with no central headquarters at this time. Communication is mostly done via Slack (an instant messaging application) and Trello (an online project collaboration tool).

Job Description

In this volunteer position you will be working closely with other members of the Visuals department to animate/rig/skin a range of organic and hard-body models and aid in the preparation of high-quality game assets for The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order (LoA:SO). We are willing to take on students who are looking to build their portfolios, but keep in mind that we are looking for people who can dedicate themselves to the project long-term.

Communication is key to a smooth and efficient pipeline, you must be able to communicate clearly and effectively with other team-members and not be afraid to ask should any problems arise. We are an English-speaking team, so English fluency is a must.

If you are comfortable with teaching, you may be called upon to aid the more junior members of the team in any relevant area.

We are looking for Animators that can attend weekly meetings.

We are willing to take on students, but we need active Animators that can contribute.

This is a volunteer position, so no monetary compensation is being offered at this time.

At this time, we are having to rely upon free (or previously licensed) software. Please refer to the applications listed below for guidelines. We do not endorse piracy.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

  • Strong understanding of Human anatomy and movement.
  • Expertise in animating 3D Characters
  • Understanding of traditional animation principles that enhance believable movement
  • Experience with non-gaming Non-linear Animation (NLA) systems and/or has animated for games
  • Rapid prototyping and turn-around for animations
  • Self-motivated and able to troubleshoot animation software challenges
  • Online communication (English) and Team-collaboration skills
  • A passion for 3D animation and an interest to learning game development

OPTIONAL:

  • Unreal Engine experience
  • Motionbuilder experience

Additional Information

REQUIRED SOFTWARE:

  • Autodesk Maya
  • Unreal Engine (we can assist with installation if necessary)

OPTIONAL SOFTWARE:

  • Motionbuilder (useful, but not essential)

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About The Company

Epoch Gamesis an all-online, global, volunteer indie development team. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team (only spare-time hours are expected).We are developingThe Lays of Althas: Sundered Order, a single-player, open-world, Low Medieval Fantasy RPG for PC, being developed in Unreal Engine.

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